nar

nar

1. they (dual)

• IPA^(key): /nɑr/

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Borrowed from Persian نار (nâr).

nar (definite accusative narı, plural narlar)

1. pomegranate

Borrowed from Arabic نَار (nār)

nar (definite accusative narı, sound plural narlar, broken plural niran)

1. (Classical Azerbaijani) fire

   Synonyms: atəş, od

   • 1369 – 1417, Imadaddin Nasimi, Ghazel [1]:

     نار منم شجر منم عرشه چیقان حجر منم
     کور بو اودنک زبانه سین من بو زبانه صغمزم

     Nar mənəm, şəcər mənəm, ərşə çıqan həcər mənəm,
     Gör bu oduŋ zəbanəsin, mən bu zəbanə sığmazam.

     I am the burning bush. I am the rock that rises to the heaven
     Behold this tongue of flame, no tongue is able to contain me.

From Ottoman Turkish نار (nar), ultimately borrowed from Persian نار (nâr), انار (anâr).

nar

1. pomegranate

From German Narr. Cognate with Swedish narr.

nar c (singular definite narren, plural indefinite narre)

1. fool, idiot
2. (chiefly historical) a fool, a jester

• idiot
• psykopat

• taber

• “nar” in Den Danske Ordbog

From Proto-Mongolic *naran, compare Mongolian нар (nar).

• IPA^(key): /nar/

nar

1. sun

   Coordinate term: sar (“moon”)

From Middle Dutch narre, borrowed from Middle High German narre, from Old High German narro, further etymology unknown; compare German Narr.

• Rhymes: -ɑr

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nar m or c (plural narren, diminutive narretje n)

1. (masculine, history) court jester
2. (common) fool

• Afrikaans: nar

nar

1. Manuel de Codage transliteration of nꜥr.

nar

1. (nonstandard) unstressed form of nár
2. (classical, interrogative particle) Obsolete form of ar.
   • Nar mharbhus tú?

     Did I kill you?

   • An mbéarthaoi dhá uair Eimhear? “Could Eimhear have been born twice?”, Bardic Poetry Database:

     Máire munbadh í Eamhear / nár geinedh no an ngeinfeadhear / ochta mar úan na mara / dá snúadh corcra as cosmhala

     Máire – if she was not Eimhear – has there been born or will there be – (breasts like the foam of the sea) – two purple complexions more alike?

In the classical standard of bardic poetry nar was the past form of the interrogative particle used to form positive questions. In later early modern prose it was replaced by ar, which is still the standard modern form.

nar (triggers lenition, before vowels narbh)

1. (classical, copular) Obsolete form of ar.
   • 1618, Aodh Mac Aingil, edited by Cainneach Ó Maonaigh, Scáthán Shacramuinte na hAithridhe, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, published 1952, lines 2873–4, page 88:

     .i. dá marbhtha sagart ⁊ tú a n-ainbhfios ’nar shagurt é

     i.e. if you were to kill a priest unaware whether he was a priest

• Osborn Bergin (1916) “Irish Grammatical Tracts (Introductory)”, in Ériu, volume 8, Supplement, Royal Irish Academy, →DOI, →JSTOR, §16, page 7: “Gach pearsa aga bfuil .r. ar a hitche .n. as cóir ar a fíafruighidh ar láindeimhnioghadh. An phearsa ag nach bfhuil, ní cóir .n. ar a fíafruighidh, mur tá so: ar mharbhus tú? lochdach; nar mharbhus tú? as cóir ann”

From Arabic نَار (nār).

• IPA^(key): /naːr/
• Homophone: nhar
• Rhymes: -aːr

nar m (plural nirien)

1. fire
2. fireworks

From Arabic نَار (nār).

• IPA^(key): /nɑːɾ/

nar ?

1. fire

From Proto-Khasian *na:r. Cognate with Khasi nar.

• IPA^(key): /nar/

nar 

1. iron (metal)

Borrowed from German Narr.

nar m (plural nars)

1. fool

• nara (Sutsilvan)

nar m (feminine singular narra, masculine plural nars, feminine plural narras)

1. crazy, mad

• narr (Sursilvan)

Univerbation of an (“in”) +‎ ar (“our”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈnaɾ/

nar (+ dative, triggers eclipsis of a vowel)

1. in our

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish نار (nar), from Persian نار (nâr), انار (anâr).

• IPA^(key): /nâr/

nȁr m (Cyrillic spelling на̏р)

1. pomegranate

   Synonyms: granat, mogranj, morski šipak, šipak

From Ottoman Turkish نار (nar), from Persian نار (nâr), انار (anâr), ultimately from an unknown origin. Compare Sumerian 𒉡𒌫𒈠 (NU-UR₂-MA /⁠nurma⁠/, “pomegranate”), Akkadian 𒉡𒌫𒈠 (NU-UR₂-MA /⁠nurmû⁠/), Hurrian 𒉡𒊏𒀭𒋾 (nu-ra-an-ti /⁠nuranti⁠/, “pomegranate”), Hittite 𒉡𒌫𒈬 (/⁠nurmû⁠/, “pomegranate”).

nar (definite accusative narı, plural narlar)

1. pomegranate

nar

1. Misspelling of nâr (fire).

nar

1. Alternative form of ndar

nar

1. to lie

Omar Ka (2018) Nanu Dégg Wolof, National African Language Resource Center, →ISBN, page 18

nar

1. Alternative form of noor
   • 1867, “ABOUT AN OLD SOW GOING TO BE KILLED”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 2, page 106:

     Na speen to be multh, nar flaase to be shaure.

     no teat to be milked, nor fleece to be shorn.

   • 1867, CONGRATULATORY ADDRESS IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, page 114, lines 16-18:

     y'ast, bie ractzom o'honde, ee-delt t'ouz ye laas ee-mate var ercha vassale, ne'er dwythen na dicke waie nar dicka.

     you have with impartial hand ministered the laws made for every subject, without regard to this party or that.

   • 1867, CONGRATULATORY ADDRESS IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, page 116, lines 1-2:

     Ye state na dicke daie o'ye londe, na whilke be nar fash nar moile, albiet 'constitutional agitation,'

     The condition, this day, of the country, in which is neither tumult nor disorder, but that constitutional agitation,

• Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 114